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Category Archives: Crazies

Irrational Optimism

Monday, December 17, 2012

There is a lot of talk out there that this time will be different; that this time something really will be done about guns. The optimism extends even to those sections of the blogosphere where realism normally reigns. I’d love to believe it, but I think Tom Tomorrow has it absolutely right. The only real […]

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A Good Idea out of Texas

Monday, November 12, 2012

A Republican official in Texas called for his state to separate from the United States and the “maggots” who reelected President Barack Obama in a newsletter he sent out this week. Peter Morrison, who serves as treasurer of the Hardin County Republican Party, wrote in his post-election newsletter that there was a clear solution to […]

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Bring on St. Thomas

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Who knew that the thorny question of free will would become a campaign issue? According to Richard Mourdock, Republican candidate for the Senate from Indiana and crazy person (I know, I’m being redundant), if a woman is raped and gets pregnant, “It is something that God intended to happen”. Now that statement can really only […]

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I should have gotten a copyright

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Okay, so I went here today, and find to my surprise, that Jon Stewart has introduced a new segment entitled “Barack Obama is the luckiest dude on the planet” or something to that effect. Here’s the video: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Democalypse 2012 – Every Which Way […]

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Our psychopathic overlords

Monday, July 16, 2012

Barry Ritholz devotes a long post to proving something we all know intuitively, that many Wall Streeters and politicians, are psychopaths: According to psychologists and sociologists – many on Wall Street and D.C. are not like you and me. They are literally psychopaths. Reuters reported Tuesday: In a survey of 500 senior executives in the […]

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Only in America

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

This is a country in which fairly basic human rights are being treated in a rather cavalier fashion, without much outcry from anyone. People are being removed from voting rolls upon mere suspicion, and even that is giving too much credit to the perpetrators. Congress just passed a law allowing the government to imprison without […]

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What religion is JP Morgan Chase?

Monday, May 21, 2012

Not to be outdone by Arizona, Missouri is getting deeper into the crazy act. The legislature there has passed a bill to keep women safe from any possibility that they might try controlling their own bodies: The bill states that no employer or health plan provider can be compelled to provide coverage _ or be […]

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Somebody explain please

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

This is an actual tweet from a Republican Congressman about Obama’s birth control rule: RT @RepJackKimble: American men, make no mistake this is President Obama’s plan to make you wear a condom. Is there anyone out there who can parse his logic?    UPDATE: Well, shame on me, for not doing a bit of googling […]

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Legislating science

Sunday, January 15, 2012

 Many years ago I read a book about some aspect of science, in which the author recounted a story about a mathematician who was trying to prove a certain mathematical proposition. The mathematician had a friend who was a state legislator, and the legislator, whether at the instance of the mathematician I cannot recall, introduced […]

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New Hampshire Goes Full Crazy

Friday, January 6, 2012

New Hampshire has always been the Dixie of New England, and they’ve proved it in spades recently. The Tea Party dominated New Hampshire Legislature on Wednesday overrode the governor’s veto to enact a new law allowing parents to object to any part of the school curriculum. The state House voted 255-112 and Senate 17-5 to […]

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